Hypertext Webster Gateway: "alluvial"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Alluvial \Al*lu"vi*al\, n.
Alluvial soil; specif., in Australia, gold-bearing alluvial
soil.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Alluvial \Al*lu"vi*al\, a. [Cf. F. alluvial. See {Alluvion}.]
Pertaining to, contained in, or composed of, alluvium;
relating to the deposits made by flowing water; washed away
from one place and deposited in another; as, alluvial soil,
mud, accumulations, deposits.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
alluvial
adj : of or relating to alluvium
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